Table 2. Summary of the bioinformatic analyses performed on the amino acid sequences encoded by the transcriptome of the adult stage of Clonorchis sinensis and Opisthorchis viverrini.
cDNA libraries | ||
Characterization of transcripts | Clonorchis sinensis | Opisthorchis viverrini |
Nucleotide sequences containing a predicted ORF | 50,769 (92.9%)a | 61,417 (92.3%) |
Full-length transcripts (containing start and stop codons) | 3,113 | 4,144 |
Partial transcripts with start codon only | 8,466 | 11,407 |
Partial transcripts with stop codon only | 10,558 | 13,296 |
Sequences with signal peptides | 3,305 (6.5%) | 4,246 (6.9%) |
Containing transmembrane-domains | 3,453 (6.8%) | 4,382 (7.1%) |
Putative excretory/secretory proteins | 1,143 (2.3%) | 1,470 (2.4%) |
Summarized as number of sequences (proportion of total sequences used in the analysis).